Clinician attitudes towards cancer treatment guidelines in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are designed to guide treatment decisions, yet adherence rates vary widely. To characterise perceived barriers and facilitators to cancer treatment CPG adherence in Australia, and estimate the frequency of previous qualitative research findings, a survey was distributed to Australian oncologists.

Results

The sample is described and validated guideline attitude scores reported for different groups. Differences in mean CPG attitude scores across clinician subgroups and associations between frequency of CPG use and clinician characteristics were calculated; with 48 respondents there was limited statistical power to find differences. Younger oncologists (< 50 years) and clinicians participating in three or more Multidisciplinary Tea

SUBMITTER: Bierbaum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10188226 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature